The Soviet Union has...

NO NEW REACTORS AT CHERNOBYL.

April 21, 1989

MOSCOW — NO NEW REACTORS AT CHERNOBYL. The Soviet Union has abandoned plans to build two new reactors at the Chernobyl nuclear power station and has halted a program of expansion at all similar nuclear facilities, the official news agency Tass said Wednesday. The announcement signaled lingering official concern about the damaged Chernobyl facility and about the safety of nuclear plants that employ the RBMK, or graphite, reactors.